Hey guys new here, as I was reading regarding note pad I came across the note everything post and decided to try it. Works good, it opened my note pad text list I have for medications and whatnot. My question is,is there a search function so I can find indivual items?
Thx to any1 who answers this
Sorry this is so late! Note Everything (my favorite Droid program) has a built-in search function. Tap on the MENU key (horizontal lines) and Search is right there.
There's another app in the Market called Power Search (free) that will search your whole phone for something, including Note Everything notes.
Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by tjoebgen
SWYPE - A great way to ease your transition from Palm to Droid.
Okay - I saw.....
.....SWYPE FTW!
Terry
Yeah, we can all tell you can be a tough customer, so I'm impressed!
I've been using Mobile Write since December, since I'm an old Palmy I'm pretty addicted to graffiti. I tried Swype just a little and was frustrated, so I'm wondering; do you have a screen protector? There are sure a lot of swype fans so I'm wondering if my screen protector was messing it up.
The Mobile Write developer has been a slight disappointment. I thought he was going to release an update that would at least offer a smaller input area like the old Palms and Clie's used to be, but nothing yet. That's really my only gripe about MobileWrite; it's fullscreen, hiding whatever app you're actually entering your data into. Seems pretty counter-intuitive. Even then I still prefer it to any of the keyboards most of the time!
I hate to say it right out loud, but as far as keyboards go, the Blackberrys may rule when it comes to pocket-able devices.
Hey! This is 2010! Keyboards should be obsolete and we should have rock-solid voice recognition and handwriting recognition by now!!!
I just purchased a Droid and have been successful in getting most of the data from my Palm to the Droid, primarily via Google. I am now looking at ways to keep my Palm and Droid in sync. (This is both for continued use of the Palm along with syncing with Ecco Pro which I use on my notebook and desktop. If I can sync with the Palm I can use it as a way to sync with Google and Droid.)
How does companionlink work for such continued synchronization? I note some have had to fix information after transferring. This might be ok for a one time transfer, but not for continued synchronization. I'm wondering if this is a case of isolated problems or if synchronization is buggy.
Any other products anyone is using for such synchronization?
I used GooSync to transfer the data last night. It worked well for the contacts and calendar (limited to one year before or after present which is ok) but no sync for notes or tasks. The big question here will be whether it works reliably for syncing the two systems when there are changes on one or the other.
Companionlink USB works like a charm now, there have been many bumps and updates, but I now continue to use Palm Desktop and my Droid. Lovin' it. No cloud.
I might give it a try as long as the problems which some say messed up their data are fixed. (Obviously I'd back up first). I don't mind using the cloud since I normally sync the Palm with Ecco Pro.
I do have Palm Desktop installed on one computer and could sync that with the Palm, and then sync the Palm on the other computer with Ecco Pro and ultimately this would sync everything with the Droid. All other things being equal it might be easier for me to sync the Palm with Google (avoiding the need to also use the computer with Palm Desktop) but I also wonder if a hardware program might give me more control over the syncs.
Are there any limits in which calendar items Companion Link can sync. The limit with GooSync is tolerable (one year before and after) but I would prefer not to have to bother with this.
The biggest concern I have is that I simply *cannot* allow my Contacts and Memos to leave my control--too much sensitive client information. And I've been around long enough to know I'm not buying into the Cloud for other data, even my schedule. What's the most *private* and reliable way to transfer data from the Palm to the 'Droid, and then *keep* it private but still be able to back up locally to either Linux or Windows?
When I go to the Market and search for GDocs, several apps appear with that in their name, but are obviously from different sources. Which one are you all using?
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wow, seriously I think the A855 "droid" is a poor choice for you if you need to keep your contacts and calendar off the 'net. I doubt that's the kind of answer you want to hear, but I really think you'll get more and more irritated with the device.
That said, you may get more / better help if you start a new thread for that question. This one's getting long and broad.
I joined this forum back when the droid was still fairly new to me, and I had high hopes and expectations. Well, the honeymoon is over here. I'm seriously considering buying another Treo 755 on ebay and going back to it. My car has a good GPS, and I'm not seeing anything in particular that the Droid does beyond the Treo, that I really value. Verizon doesn't actually support the droid any better.
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When I go to the Market and search for GDocs, several apps appear with that in their name, but are obviously from different sources. Which one are you all using?
I used to love my Palm -- guess we all did. Hung onto that last Palm
Treo until it froze so much I just couldn't stand it. Took me almost
two years to find a way to get my data onto a contemporary system.
Finally did it! Google is the answer, people. I can't recommend which
"smartphone" is the best one to use to sync with Google, but there
are more and more of them out there. I'm on the Droid now and almost there with it, but first things first. The point is that Google's Gmail
system has enough flexibility to handle all the "extra" fields that
former Palm users have in our data -- like multiple mobile tel no's
for a contact, etc. I haven't found anything else. (Yes, I was also reluctant to send my sensitive private data to a cloud server; and I went that route kicking and screaming, but it is password protected -- and again, I cannot find any other option after searching for years and the Palm freezes too often, both on the destop and the handheld.)
Whatever you do, don't get a Blackberry and don't try WinMobile.
You risk losing lots of data because there just aren't enough fields
to handle everything. You have to get your data over to Gmail. Just
set up a free Gmail account. It wasn't easy to find the applications
to get my data from Palm to Gmail because most of the app's leave
some data fields out. I am happy to share the info that I finally
nailed it. You just have to buy a couple of inexpensive programs, but
it's well worth it. Here's what to do:
First, tranfer your data out of the Palm Desktop into Outlook using
the Chapura PocketCopy Software. Look, I am not suggesting actually
using Outlook. (Outlook hides many fields, like that 2nd mobile tel
no for a contact, into obscure locations where it's very hard to
find. Yuck.) Outlook is just a conduit for getting your data onto
Google. Read on.
To transfer all your data (contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks)
including all fields from Palm Desktop go here:
Then, back up all your data for safekeeping from Outlook into PST
files. You have to do that separately for each of Contacts, Calendar,
Notes, and Tasks. Just go to File, Export, etc.
Now, here's the gold -- The one and only program that I have found
which will actually copy 100 percent of all your Contacts, Calendar,
and Notes fields from Outlook onto Google's Gmail is Gsyncit. Works
great. You can get it here:
Just read through all the Settings in Gsyncit very carefully. (You
can even use it to periodically back up all your data from Google
onto Outlook on your hard drive, which is way more convenient than those awkward CSV files.) Here are some settings that I highly recommend in Gsync for your initial upload to Gmail, and then it works like a charm:
CONTACTS:
-Check Automatically continue synchronizing on failure (in case your
internet goes down)
-Check to sync everything -- and especially User Defined Fields at
the very end of the list
-Uncheck "allow contacts to be deleted"
-Uncheck "removing duplicates when syncing" (Trust me -- you can
merge duplicates in Gmail after uploading.)
Read the other options and do what you want, but I strongly advise the above.
CALENDAR:
Read the Settings options and do what you want, but here's a taste of
what I did and I was happy:
-Check Automatically continue synchronizing on failure (in case your
internet goes down)
-Check to sync or not what you want - read carefully
-Uncheck "allow events to be deleted"
-Uncheck "removing duplicates when syncing"
NOTES/Memos:
You can upload by Category (hooray!!!) to Google Docs using GSyncit.
There are detailed instructions on the GSyncit support page. I did it
and was very delighted. I have almost 500 Memos from my Palm Treo
which are all organized by category and I was very concerned about this.
TASKS:
Apparently, Google has made it impossible for any developer to get
access in any way to upload into their Tasks system on our Google
Gmail accounts, despite the fact that people have been asking for
over a year. GSyncit has a way of uploading to a separate calendar,
but it's not ideal because you lose your categories from Palm. I'm
about to try a separate app called GTasks, but I don't know if it
works or not -- I don't think that the GTasks app works with Google -
I think it's maybe a standalone. So, if you don't have a lot of
tasks, and you want everything on Google, the GSyncit workaround
might work for you.
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It really kind of sucks that we have to jump through hoops just to get contacts onto the Droid. In my opinion (for what it's worth), google should offer a desktop like the old Palm that doesn't require going to the internet. It is much more convenient. I was able to bring all my Palm contacts over using vcf, but I couldn't do it in bulk.
I tried companion link. It synchronizes well, but does not use the native contacts application, so when someone calls, I just get the number, not the name and picture. It also replaced the native calendar. I thought the downside outweighed the upside, so I uninstalled.
Still would like a nice desktop sync of calendar and contacts, but I don't think Google is interested in making life that easy.
I accepted the google non privacy issue for the calendar & gmail. I am not sure about how to handle memos/ notes which normally sysns with your pc if using a pDA.
Good point. Coming from a Centro to a Droid, it was nice to sync memos and tasks to the desktop. In fact there were a lot of things the Centro did better. If Palm had been smart enough to allow the Pre Plus to sync with their own desktop, I would probably be using the Pre now. Once I realized they didn't, I started looking at the Android phones.
The only app I have actually paid for is Documents to Go. I'm now using Word to go for memos. I'm putting tasks directly on my calendar. Not as elegant as the old Palm solution but it works.
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More than one way to skin a cat
As a former Palm user (12 years, starting with a III and ending with a Treo 755p), I've also read extensively wonderful posts like the above post and other forums where Palm devotees have migrated to Android and have reached slightly different conclusions.
First of all, if you have Outlook Exchange running on the PC, you are in better shape than if you are coming directly from Palm Desktop.
Outlook Exchange offers a seamless path for synchronization of Contacts, Email and Calendar, so that part's easy.
More problematic for me were the following databases/apps:
1. Notes
2. Tasks (absolutely critical for me)
3. Shopping (via Handyshopper) and
4. Passwords.
My password software, SplashID is now available on the Android platform with a desktop program as well. Transfer was as easy as exporting from SplashID for Palm and importing into SplashID for Android. Synchronization with the Droid is via wifi and is very simple, if not automatic.
Shopping was done by getting ToMarket Android which, while not as robust and all-powerful as HandyShopper, is a good second place choice. Don't ask Chris about an Android port. He's not interested.
Notes can be done a handful of ways: (1) synchronization of Notes to Gdocs; (2) CSV export and import into Noteworthy, and Android application; (3) Products liked Gsyncit, Companionlink, or Markspace. I used both Gdocs (for the Droid) and Noteworthy, and prefer the latter.
For tasks, I have only just solved this problem to my satisfaction. Markspace does not yet sync tasks. Gsyncit and Companionlink do sync tasks, but require you to create or use your Google calendar to do so. Basically, the software floods your calendar with "all day events" that are your tasks.
There is also a great todo application for Android called Todo Task Manager which will, with a little data manipulation, import Outlook tasks very nicely and, if you aren't syncing with a desktop app any more, would be my first choice for Android to-do managers. There are also a handful of other options with third party sites for synchronization such as Evernote and Astrid, with Remember the Milk.
My choice for tasks, and again, remember that I am synchronizing with Outlook tasks via Activesync exchange, is Dataviz' Roadsync, which is the only product running on Android that directly syncs Outlook tasks. It also handles email, contacts, and calendar, but I don't require the redundancy.
So, to repeat:
Database/Palm/Android
1. Notes/Notes/Noteworthy Pro
2. Tasks (critical for me)/To-do list/RoadSync
3. Shopping/Handyshopper/ToMarket
4. Passwords/SplashID/SplashID
Like I said, there's no one way to skin a cat (sorry PETA people) and one other constraint I particularly face is another layer of synchronization between Outlook and Timematters, my firm's practice management software, but after 6 weeks with an HTC Incredible, my Treo 755p's in the box and I don't power it up any more.
Harold
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I am a former PALM user and loved to synch my OUTLOOK to my Palm - especially the NOTES feature. With my new Droid, I'm looking for an appl that will replace that and synch with my desktop. GooMemo? NoteEverything? GDocs? what application allows me to save personal important info that I want ez access to?
I see that you are mentioning the use of Noteworthy Pro...I don't find that in the Market? Can you help me understand exactly what I need to do to get my desktop's OUTLOOK Notes to synch with my Droid? I'll love you forever!
I just read another post to use gsynch so I think I'll try that...
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I used to love my Palm -- guess we all did. Hung onto that last Palm
Treo until it froze so much I just couldn't stand it. Took me almost
two years to find a way to get my data onto a contemporary system.
Finally did it! Google is the answer, people. I can't recommend which
"smartphone" is the best one to use to sync with Google, but there
are more and more of them out there. I'm on the Droid now and almost there with it, but first things first. The point is that Google's Gmail
system has enough flexibility to handle all the "extra" fields that
former Palm users have in our data -- like multiple mobile tel no's
for a contact, etc. I haven't found anything else. (Yes, I was also reluctant to send my sensitive private data to a cloud server; and I went that route kicking and screaming, but it is password protected -- and again, I cannot find any other option after searching for years and the Palm freezes too often, both on the destop and the handheld.)
Whatever you do, don't get a Blackberry and don't try WinMobile.
You risk losing lots of data because there just aren't enough fields
to handle everything. You have to get your data over to Gmail. Just
set up a free Gmail account. It wasn't easy to find the applications
to get my data from Palm to Gmail because most of the app's leave
some data fields out. I am happy to share the info that I finally
nailed it. You just have to buy a couple of inexpensive programs, but
it's well worth it. Here's what to do:
First, tranfer your data out of the Palm Desktop into Outlook using
the Chapura PocketCopy Software. Look, I am not suggesting actually
using Outlook. (Outlook hides many fields, like that 2nd mobile tel
no for a contact, into obscure locations where it's very hard to
find. Yuck.) Outlook is just a conduit for getting your data onto
Google. Read on.
To transfer all your data (contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks)
including all fields from Palm Desktop go here:
Then, back up all your data for safekeeping from Outlook into PST
files. You have to do that separately for each of Contacts, Calendar,
Notes, and Tasks. Just go to File, Export, etc.
Now, here's the gold -- The one and only program that I have found
which will actually copy 100 percent of all your Contacts, Calendar,
and Notes fields from Outlook onto Google's Gmail is Gsyncit. Works
great. You can get it here:
Just read through all the Settings in Gsyncit very carefully. (You
can even use it to periodically back up all your data from Google
onto Outlook on your hard drive, which is way more convenient than those awkward CSV files.) Here are some settings that I highly recommend in Gsync for your initial upload to Gmail, and then it works like a charm:
CONTACTS:
-Check Automatically continue synchronizing on failure (in case your
internet goes down)
-Check to sync everything -- and especially User Defined Fields at
the very end of the list
-Uncheck "allow contacts to be deleted"
-Uncheck "removing duplicates when syncing" (Trust me -- you can
merge duplicates in Gmail after uploading.)
Read the other options and do what you want, but I strongly advise the above.
CALENDAR:
Read the Settings options and do what you want, but here's a taste of
what I did and I was happy:
-Check Automatically continue synchronizing on failure (in case your
internet goes down)
-Check to sync or not what you want - read carefully
-Uncheck "allow events to be deleted"
-Uncheck "removing duplicates when syncing"
NOTES/Memos:
You can upload by Category (hooray!!!) to Google Docs using GSyncit.
There are detailed instructions on the GSyncit support page. I did it
and was very delighted. I have almost 500 Memos from my Palm Treo
which are all organized by category and I was very concerned about this.
TASKS:
Apparently, Google has made it impossible for any developer to get
access in any way to upload into their Tasks system on our Google
Gmail accounts, despite the fact that people have been asking for
over a year. GSyncit has a way of uploading to a separate calendar,
but it's not ideal because you lose your categories from Palm. I'm
about to try a separate app called GTasks, but I don't know if it
works or not -- I don't think that the GTasks app works with Google -
I think it's maybe a standalone. So, if you don't have a lot of
tasks, and you want everything on Google, the GSyncit workaround
might work for you.
Roseb THANK you for taking the time to clearly spell out a perfect solution for us old-school Palm users who want to synch Outlook to our Droid. I just purchased gsynchit and downloaded it and pressed synch. Now I'm at a loss. Pardon my ignorance but where will I see these notes on my Droid? My office prohibits the use of gmail on our office laptops - which is why I bought a
Droid - so I'd be able to access personal yahoo and gmail stuff at work. This is why I was so keen to find a way to synch those beautiful NOTES that I have on my work laptop, with my Droid. I am unclear on how to find these notes on my droid .... on gmail. Help?
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First, the easiest response
The easiest (but not necessarily my preferred) way to get Outlook Notes to sync with Android is to copy the notes into Google Documents and use Gdocs (all freeware) to sync.
You will still manually have to sync your Outlook Notes with their equivalent Google docs unless you purchase paid software such as gsyncit or Companionlink. I'm not sure but Mark/Space might also work.
Another way with which others may have more experience, is to use Evernote (which is also free). It has an Outlook plug in, and an Android app which enables you to sync Outlook <-> Evernote (in the cloud) <-> Android.
I didn't particularly like Evernote, but that's just me. Many think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Hi all. Been using Palm PDA's since the original Pilot and currently own 3 TX's (spares)
Trying out an Evo, but the biggest problem I have at the moment is the silly stock calendar app..
Is there an alternative calendar / to-do app that will let me enter times and dates directly instead of endlessly flicking at simulated mechanical number wheels?
Also, backup. Looking for a way to save everything to my PC and restore to a new unit if needed, like Palm sync did. I really don't want my data, contacts, passwords on some cloud server.
Any way to do this yet? (Been searching)
Another former Palm Centro to Droid Switch Experience.
One word... CompanionLink. Agree with the OP. Use the Free Trial. You will only need to do this once. Use the specific palm to Google product. It sent my 1000+ Contacts and Calendar over in a snap. I had flawless data transfer! No errors!! Even the Notes went to the right place and were not truncated.
Palm to Droid:
Contacts & Calendar Events using CompanionLink
For Memos:
I also used GDocs Notepad syncing with Google Docs. I am having to copy and paste them to Google Docs though.
For Calendar:
Use google calendar; love it and I used Palm Cal for 10 years.
For Contacts:
Use Gmail contacts
Bravo!
I would concur, companion link seemed flawless for contacts and calendar, however, I found that some of my calendar items did not go through? Also had a problem with duplicate contacts, google has a great feature under account settings tha allows you to combine duplicates very nicely, flawlessly!!!! Still trying to figure out the missing calendar items. Anyone has the same problem, let me know.
Roseb THANK you for taking the time to clearly spell out a perfect solution for us old-school Palm users who want to synch Outlook to our Droid. I just purchased gsynchit and downloaded it and pressed synch. Now I'm at a loss. Pardon my ignorance but where will I see these notes on my Droid? My office prohibits the use of gmail on our office laptops - which is why I bought a
Droid - so I'd be able to access personal yahoo and gmail stuff at work. This is why I was so keen to find a way to synch those beautiful NOTES that I have on my work laptop, with my Droid. I am unclear on how to find these notes on my droid .... on gmail. Help?
The above procedure seems a little to drawn out. I was able to sync from palm desktop (access) to outlook by the same program that syncs my centro to the palm desktop. The program comes with a feature to choose syncing to outlook. Not sure why the above guy used chapura (whatever works). I then used the companion link to upload to google, again, this was seemless. Just my suggestion.
Transfer Strip password database to something else?
I use the Palm application Strip to maintain all my passwords and software registration codes. I have at least 100 items in here.
Assuming I don't return my Evo and stay with Palm, is there any way to transfer the Strip DB to something like SplashID?
If your Garnet software can export to any of those formats, you should be good to go. Generally, SplashID is more robust than many others, having several more fields and offering further customization.
I've just moved from using Tungsten T3 for contacts and calendar to HTC Desire - something I was hoping would be a good experience, especially as it's gonna cost me an arm and a leg over the coming 18 months !
I'll skip over the fact that it took me a lot of hours of sweat & swearing even just to move contacts to the droid, I seemed to hit every problem there is and more - even the one about my version of IE on my desktop not being able to run GMail as it complains about a non-existent popup blocker every time I try to add a contact, so have to use laptop or different browser. The main issue was that I was really tied into the palm desktop which I thought was just so much cleaner than outlook, plus I'd got contacts just on my old phone and I'd also some in Yahoo and Outlook - just for good measure.
My main point here however is that whilst the syncing between gmail & the standard calendar is great, the actual functionality of the calendar on the mobile is just so far behind the palm calendar, that I do need to find a replacement app. I've trawled around a bit ad there are various suggestions each that have some fixes for my problems, but can any of you come up with a suggestion of a single app that covers the following gripes:-
No colour coding of categories of entries. i.e. provisional and confirmed.
I know you can use different calendars to provide the above, but you then can't move events between calendars, you have to delete then re-enter
The calendar screen is always portrait - doesn't auto-rotate
If you add a birthday in the contact details - it doesn't show in the calendar
You can enter a repeating task, but you can't put an end date on it i.e. Monday mornings 1 hr meeting for the next 4 weeks.
Week view does not show what the appointments are for - just that you're doing something.
You can't set a default of no alarm when you add an event - you can only go to minimum of 5 minutes before.
If you want to move an event, when you edit it, there is no calendar lookup facility to assist you to where it has to move to, you just spin the wheels - it doesn't even tell you which day the date it !
As the days have moved on, I am seeing the great potential this device has (google sky map - brilliant !), but cannot understand why no one has matched the palm app that's been out for years - can anyone help ?
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Yep.. For this reason, I'm still carrying my Palm TX with Datebk5 for all reminders, appointments, etc. I can only hope that Pimlico ports Datebk to Android..
For any devs watching:
Wanted: A reminder app that has:
1. Fast time entry with keypad, (No silly roll wheel simulations or +/- buttons.
2. Set an alarm at the time of the event, not just before it (with any sound, not just ringtones.)
3. The initial alarm sounds a specified number of times, then STOPS.
4. A second alarm that repeats at a specified interval and number of times, until the event is acknowledged (with a different sound)
5. When the event fires, it turns on the screen, and pops the event to the front. (with a privacy option if desired)
6. Repeating to-do events that fire every day at the same time, until checked off.
7. Repeating events that run a specified number of days or events then stop.
8. Repeating events with any repetition, hours, days, months, etc.
9. Hidden events, not visible unless you enter a password, or at least go to a menu and opt to see them.
All of these, and more are present in the Datebk apps for PalmOS. Currently, Android has nothing that's even close.
10. Full backup of all events to local PC or SD card if I don't want Google to have them.
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Not there yet....
Not sure whether Pimlico intends to do a port to Android, although their product Pimlical purports to support "multiple platforms" via a web interface driven by Google calendar (as so very many products hoping to mimic Garnet's utility have).
Splashdata, which acquired iambic, is also allegedly working on a port of Agendus (which would be a Godsend for me....I've used Agendus since it was Action Names and running on my Palm III.) I haven't even heard of an alpha release yet, though, so that's probably far away.
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If you really miss your Palm....
Anyone catch the news that Access has made Grafitti (the better version 1!) available for free on the Android Marketplace?
You have to activate it in "settings --> language and keyboards" but you can have your old silkscreen area and Graffiti back if you don't want to deal with the virtual keyboard.
It's actually kinda fun to run through it's paces, but I think I'll stick with Swiftkey Beta for now --- it's ability to predict the current (and next!) word make it highly preferrable, even to Swipe.
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Former Palm user - great NOTES/MEMO/NOTEPAD program found
OK - after trying ALL of the other programs out there, Evernote, Note Everything, etc. and finding that they work great if you want to be able to sync with the internet (I think that's what they call cloud syncing?) - but I wanted a program that I could open on my desktop, add/edit/delete the memos there, and then sync that with my phone, either directly with a USB cable or through wifi. The most important thing to me was that I can actually open up each memo/note and read it, change it etc. ON my computer. B-FOlders is THE program for that - the only one I could find that solved that problem. It has a password protection feature too - not as great as the Palm desktop by Access because there you could make private any notes you didn't want to be seen, so I could have 100 visible notes, and lots of other memos hidden away. I don't think this has that feature, but it's the closest I've come to the Palm desktop Manager (which I miss TERRIBLY). It still is THE best thing out there - but as I said, this is a close second. This is only my second day using it - I will give it the full 30 day trial and then check back in here and let you all know. Thank you to those people who suggested it. It costs $29.99 to buy, but it would be worth it because none of the other programs seem to offer the computer editing abilities.
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Nvm
Nevermind, still had software firewall up on system from before I integrated my system into new firm with hardware firewall. Now can put it through its paces.
I finally retired my Treo 755P but not without mourning. I am using the EVO and using a Macbook. My problem is how do a sync with my CPU? HTC is not compatible with Mac. I have read many posts but have not found anything yet.
I loved the ease of the Palm system and compatibility on all platforms. Like many others, I have many memos and tasks that I would like to transfer over. I was using Palm Desktop and was happy with it, it did the job. I am not as tech savvy as many of the people on here, can someone please help me on what is the best method when having a Macbook.
Also, it doesn't seem that there is an all powerful program that can handle all the things that my Treo did (task, memo, calender, to-do). I already miss the ease of Palm's core items. This is my first of many posts, thank you in advance.
CompanionLink is a terror and nightmare! It just jumbled up all 1300 of my contacts! Took phone numbers from one person and put them on another person's record, email addresses from relatives put on coworkers records, how could that possibly happen! Stay away from CompanionLink!!! I am NOT an employee of some other app developer. I am a user (HTC Evo 4G). I've been syncing Palm devices since 1997, have migrated to Outlook from Palm Desktop and like to think I kind of know what I'm doing. Companion Link clearly does NOT know what they are doing. When I called them for help, their unfriendly receptionist told me quitting time is 4PM so too bad for me.
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I have been a Palm OS user for years and had trouble finding a calendar and to do list app on Android that were comparable to Palm's amazing organizing software. I paid for several productivity apps, none of which were quite enough for me. Luckily, I found these free apps that have worked for me.
Astrid (with it's newest updates) is the closest app to Palm's Task List. It has repeating tasks, categories/tags, specific filters, and a few other features former palm users may be used to using. The sorting and filtering functions aren't quite as easy to read as palm and don't work with the widget but the developer replied to my email that they are working to beef this up. I also opened a free rememberthemilk.com account and linked Astrid to it. Rememberthemilk.com is more functional (to me) than the other accounts you can link to Astrid.
I prefer to have shortcuts on my phone desktop. I have a shortcut for sorting by date, and a couple for my frequently used categories/tags. In the main screen that lists all of your sorting and tags lists, simply long press whatever you want to create a shortcut to the desktop.
As for a good calendar app, I would go with Jorte. With it's recent updates, it allows you to have more customized events, like repeating events (which is surprisingly hard to find). You cannot color code events like you could with Palm. However, the many different widget options allow you to pick a widget that will show the event name so you can still do a quick glance at your calendar to know what's coming up without having to click on each day (like you would have to do in the native calendar apps). It can also sync with Google calendar.
As an OCD organizer, I instantly fell in love with Palm's productivity apps. They are easy to use and easy to tailor to your specific needs. While Astrid and Jorte aren't quite as great as Palm, they are the best substitutes out there for Android. Plus, they are free and the developers are quick to respond to questions and suggestions.
Hello, thanks for your detailed instructions regarding transfering data from Palm to Droid. One question, at the moment, I don't have Outlook on my computer. I have the email program Outlook Express but I don't think this will work. Is there anything else I could use instead of Outlook or do I just have to bite the bullet and buy it?
Thanks for the help.
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@danp10 - have you found a solution? I am trying to transfer 2500+ contacts from Palm into something on my mac that can be synched to my new Samsung/Droid (and managed from the mac desktop). I was just about to try Companion Link, thanks for saving me the trouble...
I'm a newbie to this forum who just wanted to thank everyone who contributed to this thread. I am a Palm user since the IIIe and will pick up my back-ordered Droid X tomorrow. I have been stressing over how to migrate 10+ years of contacts, calendar entries, tasks, and notes to a new system. If anyone has any last-minute hints since the last few posts, I'd sure appreciate them. TIA.
Hi there. Thanks to everyone for validating my feelings about my Droid X. I have been a Palm user for over a decade and this transition has been really difficult. The most frustrating part for me is a sophisticated task list. I've been floundering for the past two weeks and have tried just about every app there is. I find it hard to believe that something so simple hasn't been made. I'm losing hope and growing anxious by the day as I flounder. . .
CompanionLink worked great for migrating 11 years of Palm Desktop calendar entries to Google Calendar and my new Droid X. I cannot recommend it enough! One word of warning: you need to have the version 2.0 of Microsoft Dot Net Framework. If you have version 3.5 or 4.0, you will need to uninstall these and install version 2.0 (if you don't have it). This is an issue with Microsoft, not CompanionLink. CompanionLink also migrated my tasks to the calendar in a workable, if not graceful, fashion.
CompanionLink migrated 700 address book entries to the Contacts in my Gmail account fairly well. (The only problem was anyone with a birthday before 1970 was give 1970 as a default--I've got lots of new 40-year-old friends!) Unfortunately, the transition from Gmail to my Droid X was horrible. Some people are first name then last, others in reverse--some people have different entries each way. My Palm categories (person, business, etc) were carried over to Gmail but weren't set up in 'Groups' on the Droid. And I have no idea what to make of the linked stuff. Why would I care or want someone to be linked to 5 other things? Is there an easy way to delete all of the contacts on my Droid and try to resync with Google contacts?
CompanionLink worked great for migrating 11 years of Palm Desktop calendar entries to Google Calendar and my new Droid X. I cannot recommend it enough! One word of warning: you need to have the version 2.0 of Microsoft Dot Net Framework. If you have version 3.5 or 4.0, you will need to uninstall these and install version 2.0 (if you don't have it). This is an issue with Microsoft, not CompanionLink. CompanionLink also migrated my tasks to the calendar in a workable, if not graceful, fashion.
CompanionLink migrated 700 address book entries to the Contacts in my Gmail account fairly well. (The only problem was anyone with a birthday before 1970 was give 1970 as a default--I've got lots of new 40-year-old friends!) Unfortunately, the transition from Gmail to my Droid X was horrible. Some people are first name then last, others in reverse--some people have different entries each way. My Palm categories (person, business, etc) were carried over to Gmail but weren't set up in 'Groups' on the Droid. And I have no idea what to make of the linked stuff. Why would I care or want someone to be linked to 5 other things? Is there an easy way to delete all of the contacts on my Droid and try to resync with Google contacts?
Hi, just moved to droid, but cannot find any app to match the search capabilities of the palmOS.
Is aurora still available? I cannot find it on the marketplace.
Well after typing extensive entry after registering it ended upon submission that I was NOT logged in. Bummer lost it all.
I don't have the time to do it all so this will short.
I've use Palm since the Palm Pilot 1000 a 128k PDA & various other since. My data is current in both Palm Desktop (5 Star PIM) and Treo 650.
I am interesting in importing Contacts and Memo's into the Android 2.1 phone (HTC Desire) and the info spread among a dozen or so groups.
I don't want to use the Cloud or Googles cloud tools. I hate Outlook as a PIM and don't believe it will handle the groups anyway. But more importantly I don't want my data in Outlook nor do I want its info or mail in my Android phone.
With Palm as a PDA and Smartphone originator in this field I would have expected much better support to import data. BB Curves Desktop does it seamlessly since I tested that 2 years ago. Android phones don't even have a default memo app. Is someone asleep at the switch their?
After reading many forums and thread this one seems the best for info although the ultimate solution appear evasive to most here I've registered to engage in this and other Android topics.
I'll keep reading and looking for viable apps and solutions worthy of downloading.
I know this thread is old but some people (like me) find it when looking for info on palm transition. For Calendar I've been trying Public Informant Pub Beta. It has some features missing in others like colors and categories.
Really appreciate all this info as it has me looking at some options I didn't know are out there as I prepare to transfer data.
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Coming from palm, I share the frustration and tried several app.
Evernote is great but require u to pay way too much in my opinion simply to have ur memo on the phone. I've found catch (catch.com) to be a great option, very simple to use and free for more or less the same services as palm memo.
However, the importer didn't work for me, so I copied pasted about 50 memos; took me about 20 min but it's ok I guess.
I finally converted to an Andriod. I searched these forums and found a way to transfer my contacts and calendar into gmail and transferred notes into Notes Everything, but I am missing a way to backup my applications and data, and I really miss a universal search. The Palm had convenient desktop software that I became dependent on. I've lost my Palm or had it break, etc and needed the backups. What is the best app for that?
And, on the Palm I could search for notes in my contacts and I could search for old calendar entries. I really miss that. Any apps for that? Is there a way to get back my Palm functionality????
Thanks
I was a Palm slave since the IIIe. After some growing pains, I love my Droid X. It's 100x better than my last Palm handheld (Centro). For back-up, just rely on Gmail for contacts and calendar. It's so much better than syncing with the Palm; the Gmail cloud back-ups your entries on both handheld and 'desktop' instantly. Tasks are kinda screwed up as they are migrated into the calendar, where they don't really belong. I was able to able to move the handful of 'tasks' that I had without worrying too much about the migration to the calendar.
You selected well with Note Everything, IMHO. Here too you have the ability for instant backup. The NE Gdocs app (free) will 'sync' files between your handheld and Google Docs...in either direction. My only criticism is that I have a password file which I don't want on the cloud. My short-term solution is to move it from handheld to the cloud via NE Gdocs, save it on my desktop, then delete it from the cloud.
As for a universal search command, I haven't found a single tool for the Droid X. However, there seem to be search functions for each major app individually (eg, contacts, calendar, tasks). Despite being previously dependent on a universal search command, other advantages of the Droid X make such criticisms petty.
On the search issue, apparently Power Search from X-Phone Software can search everything well. I haven't tried it.
On other stuff, I've just been posting a bunch of comments in a parallel thread. In particular, a post on calendars lists three betas out that are good palm replacements (particularly pocket informant), a post on sync options including a web site with a comprehensive list of options and a recommendation to try the free "my phone explorer, and a post on notebook options including a palm-like option based on simplenote (cloud) + Jade Note (android) + Resophnote (pc).
After years using Palm...finally switched to Epic. With the Pre I had already gone through the headache of transferring years of data to Google using Companion Link.
But now..
1. I couldn't get the multiple calendars to sync- only one calendar would?
2. Only the current month's calendar data and going forward would sync....no past data. The Pre had limitations also but I could transfer several months of old data on initial set up.
And in my 2 days of owning the Epic...also noticed
3. Can only have on signature for different email accounts? Palm let you set different signatures.
4. No ability to change font and color?
Before I did anything I updated the phone...so I don't know if either of these were different before the update.
Now I see there are several calendar widgets....is there a prevailing best in category? Easiest to sync with Google and retain the different calendars and their different colors.
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Tasks and memos, sync in general
looking for Outlook NOTES replacement.
Bring back my Palm Calendar !
Losing hope
Converting from Palm - missing functinality
